GAME DAY INFORMATION

LAST TIME OUT

Goucher College men's lacrosse falls to the University of Scranton on the road in Landmark Conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday.

Rashaan Evans and Zephan Harnish paced the Gophers with two goals and one assist each. Evans got the scoring started in the game off a feed from Harnish at the 12:34 mark in the first quarter. The duo then scored back-to-back in the second frame with Evans coming off an Andrew Sade assist at 11:35 and Harnish twinkling the twine for the first time on the afternoon two minutes later. The senior then scored off a pass from Jared Heath at 6:22 in the third quarter.

Heath added a goal and an assist and Nigel Bowden also found the twine. Along with assisting Harnish's second tally, Heath registered Goucher's second goal of the day with his tally off a connection from Evans with 56 seconds left in the first quarter. Bowden ended the scoring on the afternoon with his first collegiate tally off a pass from Mason Gorman with 2:34 left in the fourth quarter.

Sam Gravel paced the defense with six ground balls and a caused turnover. Gravel has posted four of more ground balls five times this season. Justin Lugo made four saves in 37:17 minutes of work while Alex Shields turned away seven shots in the final 22:43 minutes.

ABOUT CATHOLIC

The Cardinals come into the game 7-5 on the year after finishing 8-8 last season.

Catholic is 2-3 at home this season. The team went 7-3 at home in 2018.

In their last game, the Cardinals defeated Moravian 14-13 in overtime on Saturday.

Vince Catenacci leads the team with 25 goals and five assists for 30 points. Griffin Smith leads the defense with 17 caused turnovers and 33 ground balls while netminder Alex Mulyk has 88 saves, a 10.70 goals against average and a .454 save percentage.

Catholic is coached by Brooks Singer, who is in his 21st season.

FIVE FACTS

Rashaan Evans has now scored two goals in three-straight games and has registered a multi-point performance in five of his last six. The freshman has four multi-goal games this season and ranks third on the team with 13 goals and five assists for 18 points this season.

Zephan Harnish notched his sixth multi-goal performance of the season and has posted at least three points in a contest for the fifth time in 2019. The senior leads the team with 23 goals and ranks second with 31 points. He has 65 goals and 24 assists for 89 points in his career, needing 11 points to reach 100 for his career.

Jared Heath, who has scored a tally in five games this season including two hat tricks, is fifth on the team with nine goals and six assists for 15 points.

Andrew Sade's assist was his first of the season to go along with 16 goals for 17 points to rank fourth on the squad.

Nigel Bowden, who notched his first career assist earlier this year, found the twine for the first time of his young career.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Goucher returns to Beldon Field to host Susquehanna University on Saturday